Mary, Thanks a lot. It was too kind of you, I really appreciate. I will have a closer look and digest all this information. Cheers, Miguel On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Mary Frost <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Miguel: > > > > I have returned from the local FHC and re-examined the records in question. > > > > The record for Francisco da Mata Caldeira and Isabel de Freitas 878-270 was > very faded on the film. I do believe that the parents of Francisco were > Miguel Martins and Isabel Rodrigues. There is a note in the record after > the > groom's mother's name that I cannot decipher due to poor quality of the > film. It refers to Miguel Martins and says something about Jose. Sorry but > I > could barely see it on the page. > > > > I have nothing more to add regarding the parentage of Isabel de Freitas, > but > it does appear that her father only used one last name and her mother was > also Isabel de Freitas and that all of them lived in Lugar de Canico. I was > able to pick out another name in the document- Miguel Manuel Barreto. There > was the signature of Joseph Teles de Meneses and also of Joao da Gama > Pereira and what appeared to be an X next to the name of a Manuel Gameto? > There were also two other unclear signatures. > > > > Record 879-147v mostly unreadable except for margin notes. Felipe da Mata, > son of Pedro Goncalves and Maria Jorge married Isabel da Mata daughter of > Joao Rodrigues and (possibly) Bartoleza or . The document was signed by > Francisco Nunes Leal and Francisco de Ornelas (unclear). > > > > Record 879 151 Nov 9, 1690 Andre Martins and Simoa da Mata: son of Andre > Martins and Isabel Vieira (deceased), daughter of Pedro Goncalves and Maria > Jorge, all living in the freguesia Nossa Senhora da Luz. Testamentos > Francisco de Ornelas de Camara and Joao (unclear) de Vasconcelos, Morgado > de > Sam Joam. Cura Domingos da Mata, signed by Joseph Teles de Meneses. Very > clear and easy to read. > > > > 878-168 June 15, 1654 (very dark on film) Francisco da Mata son of Miguel > Martins and Isabel Rodrigues? of Canico married Isabel da Mata daughter of > Miguel Afonso and Francisca da Mata, deceased. Record hard to read but > signed at the bottom by what appears to be Manuel de Couto? The record is > also signed along the side vertically in the margin by a Joao (unclear) and > Manuel Teixeira (Cardoso?). > > > > 878 159 Aug 30, 1649 Pedro Goncalves son of Pedro Goncalves escravo (no > forro) and his wife Maria de Mata (deceased) married Maria Jorge daughter > of > Francisco Fernandes and his wife Ana Jorge?. It was signed by Manuel > Teixiera C(unclear) and Mathias (unclear) > > > > 877 82v Jan 27, 1624 Maria da Mata (her name first in record) daughter of > Joao Martins? (unclear) (deceased) and Juliana Rodrigues of this freguesia > married Pero Goncalves (unclear) of (looks like) Rodrigo Afonco and Isabel > de (unclear) of Santa Cruz. Cura Padre Pero Lopes, signed by Jorge Monis de > Meneses, Baltazar Rodrigues and Manuel de (Paiva?) > > > > I hope this helps. The film is still on film here. If there is anything > else > you need, let me know and I will try to look again in the future. > > > > Mary > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >